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Thursday, August 11, 2016

WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW? (***1/2)

(2013) This Taiwanese film, billed as a romantic comedy, is about a married optician named Wei-chung, comfortable in his job/life with his wife and young son, who finds old attractions he's suppressed for years coming to the surface again when he meets a good-looking male flight attendant who comes into his store.  Meanwhile, Wei-chung's sister Mandy, engaged to a guy who fairly worships her, calls off the wedding last minute, sending her fiance into a tailspin until he finds his own gaggle of gay men (led by the wedding photographer) who do everything they can to help him win her back.  The film tries to depict how someone trying to do what they feel is the right thing can only live a lie for so long, and while I enjoyed the movie - which has  some nice moments that are by turns sentimental, funny (the storyline with Mandy's fiance is quite sweet), or charming - to me it came off more of a drama than romantic comedy.  Even a little melancholy, in the end (though Richie Ren, as Wei-chung, certainly turns in a heartfelt performance worth seeing the film for alone).  (not rated)

WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW? trailer

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